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Originally Posted by Hersbird
I feel the best way to compare a BEV to an ICE is to figure the cost to power the vehicle say 100 miles. This also works well for unleaded vs diesel. Sure diesel often gets better mpg, but around here unleaded is 20% less cost wise. My car also is great at using the low octane unleaded.
So then with electricity rates, for a highway trip you would have to consider the fast charger higher rates although on my example, a 240 mile each direction, you might be okay on your less expensive home rates.
So in my example I was $9.30 to go 100 miles at an average of 80mph (75-85mph)
My brothers EV6 would probably cost about $10.50 to go 100 miles using Walmart fast charging and $4 to go 100 miles charging at his home
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EVs also average about 3-4 cpm less to maintain so even if you're paying high fast-charging rates the EV probably comes out ahead.
But if you value your time at minimum wage ($15 here), it costs another 1-2 cpm in time waiting to recharge vs pumping gasoline.
And then if you value the cleanliness of energy extraction, transportation, and use you probably have to give that advantage to EVs even with the nastiness involved in manufacturing batteries & burning coal.